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The Special Investigating Unit will probe the validity of a tender awarded by the department of communications, the presidency said on Tuesday. “President Jacob Zuma has signed a proclamation authorising the SIU to investigate certain matters relating to
The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) has called for the resignation of the public protector, following her damning report regarding acting SABC chief operations officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng. The union on Tuesday promised to organise “massive” marches across the
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) dismissed concerns that its support of the SABC’s controversial acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng would be detrimental to its other members at the SABC, who might fear that the union now sided
The high court in Pretoria set numerous conditions on Tuesday for media houses to broadcast the murder trial of paralympian Oscar Pistorius. Judge Dunstan Mlambo ruled that the media be allowed to broadcast live transmissions and delayed extracts
The Vodafone Foundation, Vodafone’s social investments arm, has taken the wraps off Instant Network Mini, an 11kg mobile “network in a backpack” that the global mobile operator says can be deployed in just 10 minutes, helping aid workers carry out crucial
BlackBerry intends launching a cheaper, sub-US$200 BlackBerry 10 device in South Africa, the Z3 – code-named Jakarta – as it moves to defend its market share in developing economies. The device, developed for the Indonesian market, where the BlackBerry
It says it will prescribe clear and concrete developmental mandates and objectives to all state-owned enterprises, which will be gauged by their ability to deliver quality services, the number of jobs they create and the speed at which they expand the
The South African economy grew by 3,8% in the last quarter of 2013, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. This was compared with 0,7% growth in real gross domestic product (GDP) in the previous quarter of last year. The main contributors to the
In an increasingly crowded and competitive smartphone space, market leader Samsung Electronics has taken the wraps off its latest flagship, the Galaxy S5, at an event in Barcelona, Spain. The new device, unveiled by the company’s CEO, JK Shin, features new health
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has scolded Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko, ordering him to attend a corporate governance and director duties course within 90 business days over the granting of a R6m interest-free loan to the company’s
